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Anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication cases confirmed by LC-MS analysis between 2011 and 2013.
| Causes [n (%)] |
Positive cases [n (%)] |
||||||
| Year |
Total (n) |
Suicide |
Homicide |
Accident |
Unknown |
Male |
Female |
| 2011 | 29 | 8 (27.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (17.2) | 16 (55.2) | 15 (51.7) | 14 (48.3) |
| 2012 | 35 | 7 (20.0) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (8.6) | 24 (68.6) | 21 (60.0) | 14 (40.0) |
| 2013 | 53 | 8 (15.1) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (11.3) | 39 (73.6) | 26 (49.1) | 27 (50.9) |
| Total | 117 | 23 (19.7) | 1 (0.8) | 14 (12.0) | 79 (67.5) | 62 (53.0) | 55 (47.0) |
